+ Built-in support for ZIP, multi-span ZIP, TAR, GZ, LZ, and CAB archive formats let's you create and manage archives from Explorer or from within Directory Toolkit (LZ archives are extract only).

+ ZIP functions also include support for "encrypted" ZIPs. You can scramble password protect some or all files in a zip and you can use different passwords for various files. (Some other archive manager softwares only support one password
for every file in a zip.)

+ When creating mulit-span ZIPs, the program will (optionally) clean diskettes if a disk is not empty.

+ Customizable toolbar.

+ The main dialog and optional output report can display file version information for .exe, .dll, and .ocx files. The program can also generate file checksums, which can be used for sorting by checksum and duplicate matching. Output files can also
contain checksum values.

+ Scripts let you process multiple comparison & synchronize operations within a single script file (see example script). Scripts are in addition to a complement of 10 command line functions
which also may be used to synchronize directories via batch files. With the registered version you can use scripts and command lines to perform unattended operations that don't require a user response. (Shareware version has a splash screen that cannot be avoided). Scripts can be saved/retrieved
with Read/Write from/to script file menus (on the View menu).

+ You can easily save/retrieve program settings to/from a script via the program's View Menu. This function can be used to make script file creation easier.

+ Easily synchronize two directories, a directory & an archive, or two archives. Six built-in synchronize options let you choose, for example, whether to add just update existing files, new files in one direction, prune orphans, remove
duplicates from the target, & more. When case sensitive file name comparison is used (in Options), file synch operations ensure the target file names are updated also.

+ Easily compare the contents of two directories, a directory & an archive, or two archives. Comparisons can consider the case of filenames when marking files as alike vs different. Files marked as "different" can be based on a user
adjustable time & date difference or an actual binary comparison of like-named files. By using the binary comparison, you can see that two files are the same even though their dates might differ. There is not necessary to manually extract files from archives to temporary locations in order to
compare the contents of an archive or do file operations on files in archives.

+ Add files to archives and copy files between directories via drag n drop from Explorer, drag n drop between paths in the Directory Toolkit window, or between two separate instances of Directory Toolkit.

+ The built-in support for archives, basic file management functions, directory comparison functions, encode/decode functions, split/concatenate functions, reporting functions, & more make Directory Toolkit a great all-in-one file manager and
archive manager. No need to have separate apps installed for all these functions.

+ Special function to find duplicate files on a single drive, two separate drives, or two subdirectories.

+ The Touch function lets you change file attributes in addition to date & time stamps.

+ The split function lets you divide large files into smaller ones for saving onto floppies or transferring smaller segments via email. The split function will (optionally) clean diskettes if a disk is not empty. Split can also be performed based
on a string to be found in the file, e.g, the split can be made before or after the string is found. The concatenate function can be set to automatically detect & decode encoded files when joining split files into the whole.

+ Physical sort of files in directories uses
the native operating system file operations. This makes it safe for your system. It also means it is sensitive to user file permissions.

+ On the fly list sorting by name or full path is
supported within the interface. Clicking on the various row
headers will cycle through all sort options. Options|Sort can also be used to
control the sort order of the display.

+ Output report with lets you capture the results of directory lists & comparisons to a disk file. You can control the fields to be listed in the report, the sort order, and delimiter.